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The European Affordable Housing Consortium, Housing Europe and l’Union social pour l’Habitat (USH) brought together social and affordable housing providers, policymakers, and financial actors to discuss hurdles faced by housing providers, municipalities and companies across the continent to access funding as they look to move the Renovation Wave and the New European Bauhaus forward. The…

In this webinar run by GNE Finance, we reviewed several approaches to finance these programmes. A key issue that these programmes face is by convincing dwelling owners to renovate their houses, in particular, energy renovations have generally a low priority for them. Financing can contribute significantly to this objective, notably for lower-income households. 25th May…

The New European Bauhaus initiative connects the European Green Deal[1] to our daily lives and living spaces. It calls on all Europeans to imagine and build together a sustainable and inclusive future that is beautiful for our eyes, minds, and souls. By creating bridges between different backgrounds, cutting across disciplines and building on participation at…

During the 4th edition of the International Social Housing Festival, Affordable Housing Initiative Tech Camp on 8-9 June in Palau de Congressos in Barcelona will be the place where social and affordable housing providers from all across Europe will meet diverse tech innovators. In two days, they will have a better understanding of discuss what…

The third online training day shifted the focus. In the morning, Energy Cities introduced the role of technology in renovation while in the afternoon, GNE Finance provided participants with insight on the financing of large programmes aiming at a deep renovation of social housing. 10th May 2023  SESSION 1 Renovation of affordable and social housing…

In 2018 the Social Housing Company Mijn Huis (My Home) decided to renovate the 30 apartments in Ettingen (Oostrozebeke), Belgium – West Flanders. The two buildings of this social housing project were constructed in 1982. At that time energetic ambitions were practically inexistent which resulted in thermal bridges with mold as a consequence and leaking…

The European Affordable Housing Consortium, SHAPE-EU has already defined a calendar of webinars that will be organized during 2023. There will be 2 sets of webinars: The training days which will be focused on the content of the Blueprint Modules which are currently under development and the lessons learnt from the best practices analysed. They…

Housing is not only of key importance for society but also to reach Europe’s climate goals with a major transformation of the housing sector through energy-efficient renovation options and inclusiveness of renewable energy technologies. The energy crisis and energy transition have a huge impact on human behaviour in the built environment. TU Delft makes significant…

The Affordable Housing Initiative support programme (SHAPE-EU) has been up and running for a year. A series of online training days have started in spring 2023 and will run throughout the rest of the year. On April 12, GNE Finance introduced you to the financing of large renovation programmes of private affordable housing while in the…

One year into the European Affordable Housing Consortium (SHAPE-EU), we have planned another busy 365 days ahead. In this news bulletin, you will find out about the upcoming Finance Summit, a series of trainings, and a city challenge competition which you can apply for. Read our newsletter.  

On the 21st of March, LegacoopAbitanti will be participating in the Joint Commitee of the Alliance of Cooperatives  – housing sector. The committee will focus on the main topics that concern the cooperative housing sector, which is now facing numerous challenges, among them the affordability and sustainability of the cooperative housing movement. Legacoop Abitanti would…

Already involved in the energy renovation of housing, particularly social housing, the European Investment Bank (EIB) and Caisse des Dépôts are stepping up their investment in the sector with  €1 billion financing line to accelerate the thermal renovation projects of social housing organizations (SHOs). The aim is to complement the Banque des Territoires’ Eco-Loan, so…